I consider myself a rather smart guy, but at times I can be rather dumb. For example, I owned my...
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Four Lessons I Learned From Trying to Hire a Contractor
So I have owned the Clendenin house for about two months now, and I've already started asking...
Do you really need a range?
I need to buy appliances for the semi-habitable unit before I can rent it out, and I was stunned...
Update – 27 August 2022
I have not made a lot of progress in the past couple weeks, but I have moved this project forward....
Bedrooms
My plans for this duplex have a very specific order of operations: I have to get the water and...
Logistics
When I first looked at this house, I did the math to see whether I could afford to buy it, and...
Update – 15 August 2022
Two bits of news today. The first is that I got a copy of the quit claim deed from the county....
Seven Tools for Researching a Property
Over on the About page I mentioned that I thought my duplex used to belong to a lady name Kennedy....
Money vs Time
No matter whether you are going to live in it or rent it out, one of the decisions you will need...
Update – 9 August 2022
So it looks like I will be buying the Clendenin property after all. I just emailed the signed...
How Not to Get Scammed When Hiring Contractors
So it looks like I may have been scammed out of $300. As I have mentioned elsewhere, my goal for...
$300 in Shrubbery Goes a Long Way
I'm going to let you in on a secret few homeowners know and even fewer care about: Spending a few...
Update – 6 August 2022
Do you know that house I named this blog after, the one I planned to chronicle the process of...